THE FLOJACK

The FloJack is a pocket-sized NFC reader, and writer, for Apple mobile devices.It brings the revolutionary power of NFC to the iPad, the iPod Touch, and the iPhone. Now, your Apple mobile devices can start touching the real world.

We hear from iOS customers every day "how can I get NFC on my iPad?". "I want to write tags with my iPhone, how can I do that?". Despite this strong demand the iPhone5 shipped without NFC.

The FloJack is compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5. It works on the iPad, iPad 2, and iPad 3 as well as the 4th and 5th generation iPod Touch.

WHAT IS NFC?

Near Field Communication, or NFC, is a wireless technology that connects your phone to the devices around it. It's like Bluetooth, except it's only triggered by touch.

NFC uses touch to create connections between your phone and the world around you. With our NFC Actions App, you’ll be able to program an NFC Tag, like a Samsung TecTile, or one of our Flomio ZAPPs, and quickly allow your friends or customers to trigger different experiences with their own NFC enabled devices.

You can program an NFC Tag to give friends directions,

call mom,

or put your car into drive mode.

In a coffee shop, a Zapp can get you onto WiFi,

check you into Foursquare, and Tweet all about it, with just a touch.

FLOMIO NFC ACTIONS

With Flomio NFC Actions you can read and write any NFC tags.

Plug in your FloJack whenever you want NFC

Launch Flomio NFC Actions (or another FloJack enabled app)

Write tags! Read tags! Repeat

That's it!

You can trigger actions on your device including:

Launch your favorite iOS Apps

Open URLs,

Play YouTube videos,

Exchange contact information,

Send text messages,

Call your friends

And much much more...

TEAM FLOMIO

This is what we dream about at Flomio. We’re a crack team of disruptive developers, creatives and NFC visionaries hell bent on helping everyone experience the touch revolution.

John Bullard - Built enterprise software in Redmond, WA. Lover of caffeine.

Tim Ronan - Tim is a journeyman experiential designer / creative army knife with iconic contemporary cultural contributions like the Volkswagen Fast, The Creek South Beach Art Hotel, and Rawkus Records under his belt. Loves his wife Diana and 2 yr old son Maro.

Fernando Cejas - Fernando created one of the most popular NFC apps - NFC Quick Actions for Android. He's a long time Android Developer and has worked at multiple startups.

We’re circuit board master craftsmen and we code like poets. We were hatched at TechStars and today we’ve banded together at the forefront of an NFC revolution. We're hard at work building an experience engine that creates new conversations & connections between brands, merchants, and people.

BUILDING THE FLOJACK

The FloJack has come a long way. The first prototype was the size of a lunchbox and weighed a ton. So we shrunk it down 2,000% and made it pocket size - small and light. We’ve hand built dozens of FloJacks and they work great!

FLOJACK OPEN SDK

We’re also excited to announce the FloJack Open SDK. Now, it’s easy for developers to add NFC to their iOS apps. And together with the Flomio Cloud Infrastructure - developers can power NFC experiences across all devices.

It's super easy to get started - drop our static library into your Xcode project and you're ready to go. We handle the low level NFC protocols, audio sessions, and all the other hard stuff! The SDK also provides seamless integration with the Flomio experience engine allowing you to bridge the digital and physical worlds with experiences like 'tap to like', 'tap to check-in', and more.

For the serious developers looking for lightning fast support and robust tools we're offering the Flomio NFC Developer Program. You'll get early access to firmware updates and the latest FloJack prototypes.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES

Take a shopping experience for example, where your phone collects digital coupons as you walk the aisles. Not only do you save money, your experience is paperless, and seamless.

It also allows your favorite brands and shop owners to distribute coupons and in-store promotions specifically for you, for products you’re interested in.

When paying with your phone at check out, the coupons you collected are automatically applied, payments conveniently happen with just one touch, and your receipt is emailed to you.

At the salon, they can offer you special rewards and discounts, because they already know what you want, and which products you use the most.

Your salon experience is focused on you. Once you’re done, you conveniently pay with just a touch.

Risks and challenges

Our team has experience delivering products at scale, but as with any other Kickstarter project we're keeping our eye on a number of risks and challenges.

HARDWARE / FIRMWARE

Our team is pretty happy with the hardware design at this stage. We've run a number of successful prototype runs and the devices work great. Still, there are always areas we'd like to improve such as product durability, battery life, etc. Thankfully our team has 12+ years of experience in embedded systems design and a few advanced degrees in the space!

iOS DEVELOPMENT

Like the hardware component, the iOS development is moving along at a brisk rate. We're adding features on schedule and the FloJack is really coming to life. Still we're building a complex library for consumption by developers everywhere. There may also be risks with Apple's enigmatic app approval process. Again, we think our team is our greatest strength - with years of software development under our belts we think things will stay on track until we ship.

MANUFACTURING

We're beginning to piece together a solid plan for logistics and supply chain management. As with the other areas we're trending well but there are a number of factors that might impact our plan. We've mitigated the risk by leveraging relationships we have overseas and have begun executing on our manufacturing plan ahead of time.

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GET ZAPPED: 20 Flomio Zapps. Our NFC tags are called Zapps. They’re NFC stickers, printed with our rockstar Zapps logo, and have a whopping 1K of writeable space. Zapps are protected by a clear soft epoxy bubble and work with any NFC reader or writer. They’re like TecTiles for sexy people.

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FLOMIO MANIFESTO MIXTAPE T-SHIRT - Maybe you just want to support us, or support us a bit more. Well, here's one of our secret T-Shirts slated to launch next year. It's a old school cassette mixtape throwback design. Side A quotes Steve Jobs "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.' Side B quotes Mark Zuckerberg "Move Fast. Break Things." Words to Live By. Perfect shirt to for a New Year. Get one before anyone else.

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FLOJACK PAK: 1 FloJack and 5 Zapps. The first 99 FloJack Pak backers get the Flojack Pak and save $10. Imagine that. You get a commercial grade FloJack and 5 Zapps for $10 less. Don’t sleep on this discount.

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WRITE THE FUTURE FLOJACK DEVELOPER SET FOR STUDENTS. (FLOJACK + 5 ZAPPS + SDK). At Flomio we believe that the NFC Revolution will happen when everyone can engage and develop NFC solutions. Part of that is making it possible for all iDevice owners and developers to have a voice in the evolution of NFC. Another part is making it possible for Academia to have affordable access to the tools. Enter the Flomio WRITE THE FUTURE Student Initiative. Get a FloJack, SDK and 5 Zapps for only $39. Students must a .edu or similar academic email address to redeem this offer.

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FLOJACK PAK: 1 FloJack and 5 Zapps. The FloJack Pak is a must have starter kit for iOS enthusiasts dying to get in the NFC game. Use our free NFC ACTIONS APP for iOS and start making your own ZAPPs. You get a commercial grade FloJack and 5 Zapps. Once you start playing with NFC, life will never be the same.

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WRITE THE FUTURE FLOCASE DEVELOPER SET FOR STUDENTS. (FLOCASE + 10 ZAPPS + SDK). At Flomio we believe that the NFC Revolution will happen when everyone can engage and develop NFC solutions. Part of that is making it possible for all iDevice owners and developers to have a voice in the evolution of NFC. Another part is making it possible for Academia to have affordable access to the tools. Enter the Flomio WRITE THE FUTURE Student Initiative. Get a FloCase, SDK and 10 Zapps for only $89. Students must a .edu or similar academic email address to redeem this offer.

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FLOJACK DEV KIT: 1 FloJack, 5 Zapps, and an individual NFC Developer Program enrollment. Get in early and get the FloJack developer kit for $50 less. This one’s a shout out to the iOS developers itching to inject some NFC action into their apps, and just can’t wait. The NFC Developer Program includes the FloJack SDK (software development kit) and access to your friendly, neighborhood, Flomio service team.

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FLOCASE 01 - NFC Case for iPhone 4/4S. Available in FloJack Classic White and FloJack Midnight Marauder Black. Need we say more? Polycarbonate hard case with sustainable natural rubber protection and case lock. Has our signature Touch-Tip Antenna Technology. Instead of the typical Wrist-Twist action of most NFC phones, with the FloCase Touch-Tip, you can point and touch the NFC revolution like a shark. You can tap the front. You can tap the back. It's been a quick design-build process but you wanted a case Kickstarter. The Flomies got your back.

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FLOJACK DEV KIT - STARTER: 1 FloJack, 5 Zapps, and an individual NFC Developer Program enrollment. Do you develop apps for iOS? Know someone who does? This is for you. You get a FloJack, 5 Zapps, and an individual subscription to our NFC Developer Program. The Program includes the FloJack SDK (software development kit) and access to your friendly, neighborhood, Flomio service team. Plug into our NFC Cloud Engine and electrify your apps.

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THE FLOJACK VAN SLINGERLAND DEVELOPER SET - (2) FloJacks + (1) FloCase + (20) Zapps + SDK... One of our most enthusiastic backers, Florin van Slingerland, has been sending us positive messages of support and motivation since day 1. He sent us a message the other day wondering if it was possible to get (2) FloJacks, (1) FloCase, 20 Zapps and the SDK. His reasoning: FloJacks are great for development. FloCase is best for presentations. Well Florin... it is possible. This Bud's for you.

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